Tiny organisms could change the face of coastal science
Monday, February 9, 2015 - 09:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New scientific research published in the journal Nature Communications, led by researchers at Bangor University in collaboration with scientists from the National Oceanography Centre Liverpool and the Universities of St. Andrews, Hull, Leeds and Plymouth, has discovered that 'sticky' sugars produced by micro-organisms have a remarkably large effect on the movement of sand and mud in aquatic environments.